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Aacanthocnema burckhardti

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Aacanthocnema burckhardti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Triozidae
Genus: Aacanthocnema
Species:
A. burckhardti
Binomial name
Aacanthocnema burckhardti
Taylor, 2011

Aacanthocnema burckhardti is a species of jumping plant lice, first found as a sap-sucker on plants of the genus Allocasuarina in Australia. The species is characterised by exhibiting an elongate habitus; short Rs and short cubital forewing cells; ventral genal processes beneath the apical margin of its vertex; short antennae; and nymphs that are elongate and very sclerotised (scale-like). It lacks hinaria on its eighth antennal segment as well as sclerotised spurs on its hind tibia. Females of the species lack a posterior apical hook on their proctiger.[1]

The species was first described by Gary S. Taylor in 2011,[2][1] and is named after Daniel Burckhardt from the Naturhistorisches Museum, in Basel, who collected the type material.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Taylor, Gary S.; Jennings, John T.; Purcell, Matthew F.; Austini, Andy. D. (2011). "A new genus and ten new species of jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Triozidae) from Allocasuarina (Casuarinaceae) in Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3009: 1–45.
  2. ^ "Species Aacanthocnema burckhardti Taylor, 2011". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-07-10.